IP Library Granted Patent US 12,468,744
Granted Patent B2
US 12,468,744 · App. 18/359,100 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Document processing method, document processing system, information processing device, and graphic user interface

Inventor: Takahiro Murata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LegalOn Technologies, Inc.
G06F16/3328G06F16/3334G06F16/35
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Patent No.
US 12,468,744
App. No.
18/359,100
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A document processing method comprising: outputting information for displaying a search keyword input field for searching for, based on an input search keyword, document information stored in a storage unit, a type display region for selectably displaying (i.e., displaying in a selectable manner) a type decided based on the content of the document information, and a search keyword display region for displaying a search keyword based on a search history of the document information together with a number of search results of the document information searched for by the search keyword.

Claims (47)

1 . A computer implemented method for document processing, wherein the method comprises:

one or more processors configured to:

recognize, from a constituent element of an input document, information associated with the input document based on a machine learning model, wherein the information comprises one or more of a document keyword, a document type, and a document information, and wherein the document type is a classification determined from the constituent element of the input document and the machine learning model;

storing the input document, the recognized document type, and the document information associated with the input document in a storage unit;

displaying, on a first display area of a computer screen, a search keyword input field for searching document information stored in the storage unit;

displaying on a second display area of the computer screen a document type selection region for displaying a plurality of document types available for selection, wherein document types are classified based on content of the document information;

displaying on a third display area of the computer screen a search keyword display region for displaying a keyword search history and an associated number of search results obtained during a prior keyword search of the document information;

receiving, from a user, a type selection input in the second display area of the computer screen; and

in response to receiving the type selection input from the user, updating the computer screen, by the one or more processors, to display search results included in the selected type as selectable and to hide or display as not selectable search results not included in the selected type.

2 . The computer implemented method for document processing according to claim 1 ,

wherein the type selection input is selected from the displayed document types.

3 . The computer implemented method for document processing according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from a user, in the first display area of the computer screen, a keyword search input;

displaying, in the third display area of the computer screen, stored documents containing the keyword; and

updating the document type selection region displayed on the second display area of the computer screen to display for selection the document types corresponding to documents containing the keyword.

4 . The computer implemented method for document processing according to claim 3 , wherein

the document information further includes one or more pieces of attribute information, and

the one or more pieces of attribute information are displayed in the third display area of the computer screen with the stored documents containing the keyword.

5 . The computer implemented method for document processing according to claim 1 , wherein the document type is a legal document.

6 . The computer implemented method for document processing according to claim 5 , wherein the document type is a contract type.

7 . The computer implemented method for document processing according to claim 6 , wherein the document information includes a contract reference document.

8 . The computer implemented method for document processing according to claim 6 , wherein the document information includes contract attribute information.

9 . A document processing device comprising:

one or more memories configured to store document information in addition to a predetermined instruction command; and

one or more processors configured to:

recognize, from a constituent element of an input document, information associated with the input document based on a machine learning model, wherein the information comprises one or more of a document keyword, a document type, and a document information, and wherein the document type is a classification determined from the constituent element of the input document and the machine learning model;

storing the input document, the recognized document type, and the document information associated with the input document in a storage unit;

displaying, on a first display area of a computer screen, a search keyword input field for searching document information stored in the storage unit;

displaying on a second display area of the computer screen a document type display region for displaying a plurality of document types available for selection, wherein the document types are classified based on content of the document information;

displaying on a third display area of the computer screen a search keyword display region for displaying a keyword search history and an associated number of search results obtained during a prior keyword search of the document information;

receiving, from a user, a type selection input in the second display area of the computer screen; and

in response to receiving the type selection input from the user, updating the computer screen, by the one or more processors, to display search results included in the selected type as selectable and to hide or display as not selectable search results not included in the selected type.

10 . The document processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the type selection input is selected from the displayed document types.

11 . The document processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receiving, from a user, in the first display area of the computer screen, a keyword search input;

displaying in the third display area of the computer screen stored documents containing the keyword; and

updating the document type selection region displayed on the second display area of the computer screen to display for selection the document types corresponding to documents containing the keyword.

12 . The document processing device according to claim 11 , wherein

the document information further includes one or more pieces of attribute information, and

the one or more pieces of attribute information are displayed in the third display area of the computer screen with the stored documents containing the keyword.

13 . The document processing device according to claim 9 , further comprising connecting the one or more processors to one or more terminals via a network in a communicable manner.

14 . The document processing device according to claim 9 , wherein the document information includes a contract.

15 . The document processing device according to claim 14 , wherein the document information includes a contract reference document.

16 . The document processing device according to claim 14 , wherein the document information includes contract attribute information.

17 . The document processing device system according to claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors comprise:

a first processor configured to recognize, from the constituent element of the input document, the information associated with the document based on the machine learning model, wherein the information comprises one or more of the document keyword, the document type, and the document information, and wherein the document type is a classification determined from the constituent element of the input document and the machine learning model, and

a second processor configured to store one or more of the input document, the recognized document type, and the document information associated with the input document in the storage unit.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-011366 · Jan 27, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021041487 · Nov 11, 2021
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